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Thanks

xsuperflyx

Do this with the orange crush color and I will buy it.

Thetank

when is the Kilo Deluxe complete coming?

Triple8Sol

That sounds like a fantastic idea. Hopefully a matte black or matte gunmetal frame will be offered though, in addition to gloss black?

Triple8Sol

This was asked in the OP's first post, ut was never answered. BD care to chime in?

ichitz

he sort of did

bikesdirect_com

Colors are an issue
so far I know people would like
BLACK
WHITE
CHROME
ORANGE
DARK BLUE
LIGHT BLUE
MATT BLACK
Metaliic GRAY
COOPER
BLACK CHROME
RAW

as you can guess; this is the hard part
with 47, 50, 53, 55,57,60, and 63 [seven sizes]
colors are limited [with 10 listed above - that would be 70 SKUs]
no way factory can handle that

So I guess I need to pick colors carefully; to get something for most people
like to me BLACK, MATT BLACK, BLACK CHROME, AND GRAY are close to the same market


likely I will do 4 or 5 [whatever factory will take as max]
then after measuring sell though sub other colors on second and thrid runs

spaceboy

I think good choices would be black, white, chrome, orange but I realize that's exactly like the deluxe. I don't know how that's working out for you but it seems like a really nice balance. A green would be nice too if it was like this:



I don't think you need raw for this run since people who really want it can strip the paint then clearcoat. Maybe in the second run you could have light blue, orange, raw, either black chrome or copper (whichever has a nicer turnout/finish, and either white or black (whichever sells better).

Young Version

Don't do matte black. Matte black is good for modern bikes, but will look goofy on a classic-style frame.

spcialzdspksman

Yea no black, but should really keep copper, chrome, white, orange, maybe green.

michalik_piotr

no, you MUST do black. How can you not?

robotphood

What about red? Light blue would be nice. I'm not into matte black but a glossy black should work. I'm sure there would be plenty of people that want a black lugged frame. White and orange are good too.

evotion

not matte black. make it gloosssyyyy and flosssyyy. any chance for sparkle

bikesdirect_com

You are correct
Black is the number one seller
White is second
Gotta do those

bikesdirect_com

I love RED, but sadly it does not sell well
Blue and Orange are much better sellers

I think GREEN can be good; but Green is hard to get right
some work OK, others just are dead
Green on Windsor Tourist has always been good - but that is a touring bike
Current Kilo TT green is good; but I do not see that on a lugged bike

If COOPER PLATING works; that maybe a hot option

Metal Flake Could be nice too; there are just so many choices

Mos6502

I think a metallic green, like the Raleigh Bronze Green or something a bit lighter like this:
would be nice.

Or a metallic blue/green like such:


Basically there is a severe lack of metallic paint jobs these days. Metallic paint and lugged frames just go together.

Triple8Sol

Reading comprehension > You. We're talking about a complete Deluxe, the frameset of which is already available. BD was talking about the unreleased lugged one in the quote you used.

As far as colors, I agree that metallics are definitely the way to go!

bikesdirect_com

I did add lots of metallic colors to STRIPPER

https://www.bikesdirect.com/products/...t_stripper.htm

Some have sold very well
other not so much

The RED has surprised me; as it looks great in person; but has sold slowly

Metallic Blue, Black Magic, Metallic Gold have all been good
the Metallic White has beed good; but if people could see it in person; it would sell better; looks great in the Sun

It is hard to photo good metallics -- https://bikesdirect.com/products/merc...light_gallery/

ichitz

oops. My bad.

as for colors, black, white, chrome, green (like the cinelli supercorsa jaguar green), and blue (but i can't decide light or dark)

meatrat1@yahoo.

please please please do an off white or cream color. it would make for a very classic looking bike

spaceboy

Thanks for the info on the green. The green on the current Kilo is nice but it seems too bright for a more classic looking bike but I'm probably just biased towards darker colours (except for that light blue).

Triple8Sol

A metallic lighter champagne/wheat color or darker metallic slate color would be dope.

eMXiMeR

So are you offering to do the lining for us and let us choose our color, or are you saying we can just DIY?

Anyways, I have a Kilo stripper now but I would probably upgrade the frame to one of these sexy momma's if I could get it in black or orange. A cream-white would look super classy, but my stripper frame is cream white so I wouldn't be interested. At first I thought matte black would be awesome but as someone pointed out on a more "classic" looking bike it probably wouldn't look good.

Also I'd be super stoked if you did offer to paint the linings yourself

C5000

I think the 3Rensho metallic violet would be sweet!


And the light blue metallic is also sweet. Metallics are more forgiving than solids, which have to be spot on.

Gaijinkeirin

I would be willing to pay an extra $600 if you put my initials on the frame, with a circle around them.
My name is:

Nathan
James
Stevenson